Profile For Trav H.

I was more asking what is the point of a lease from a company when you can just do the owner operator thing?

I'm coming in with the mindset of putting in 12mos of hard work to gain experience and keep my DAC clean. 12mos no compolaining and just working. At that point then I will evaluate my situation.

Nothing is owed to me. I will be thankful of any company to give me the experience on their equipment. Too many people don't see it realistically. Your first year is like an apprenticeship. You can't look at it any other way.

Thanks to much research, I've already learned a ton about the trucking industry and know what to expect going in. I simply don't see the point of leasing a truck with no experience, and even WITH experience, O/O would be better option. So leases have no place in my opinion. It seems to me that a lot of the drivers talking trash about trucker life and all the bad reviews are people who got suckered into a lease off the bat. They should have researched!

Also, I think there's a lot of people who are either lazy or on drugs and get found out for one or both, and they go straight to the internet to talk about how bad a company is. I realize I will have to put in 6mos - 12mos of hard work to get experience, and THEN I will have earned my right to complain.

This business seems to be what you make of it, and is almost 100% what job and task you know to go after. It seems like $65-75k is attainable in the second year, but you have to know which companies to drive for and also treat the job professionally. I don't expect to come out making that money right away. The first year is 100% about experience.

So to not stray too far, what in the hell is even the point of the lease? Seems like company driver or O/O are both vastly better options. Why does the lease even exist? Just to rip off sheep?